Enrollment
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Peer Model Enrollment
Peer model enrollment for the 2025-26 school year will begin in February 3rd, 2025 at the Reynoldsburg City Welcome Center.
Peer model programming is open to students living in Reynoldsburg City School District who are 3 or 4 years old and have age-appropriate communication, self-care, and social skills. Students must turn 3 years old by August 1, 2024 and must be a resident of Reynoldsburg City Schools. Students are seated by a random lottery in the spring.
To begin the enrollment process, parents can pick up an enrollment packet at the Reynoldsburg Welcome Center to enroll their child in the program.
To check if your address is within school district boundaries, visit Reynoldsburg City Schools Boundaries.
Application Process
Applications will be accepted at the Reynoldsburg Welcome Center beginning in early February for the 25-26 school year.
Once the application is processed families will be notified via email and standard mail that the application has been accepted. Peers that have been accepted will have a developmental screening prior to placement. It is very important that you provide a working email and that you check your email to confirm acceptance.
Please note that your child MUST participate in developmental screening to participate in our program.
At the screening, your child's enrollment will be finalized. You will have the opportunity to apply for the ECE grant if you need tuition assistance or have transportation needs. You will be provided with paperwork for your doctor and dentist to complete. Families can tour the preschool site and meet the program staff.
Peer Enrollment Documents
Enrollment for Students with Disabilities
Referral Process
Referrals for students with disabilities come from several sources for preschool. We work with local Help Me Grow and Early Intervention Programs to support students and families as they transition from Birth-3 Intervention Services to Special Education Preschool Services. Parents/Guardians with a concern for the development of their child or a child in their care can call the preschool office and make a referral to the school district for their child. Doctors and Nurse Practitioners may refer a child for developmental concerns in conjunction with a parent referral.
After initial contact, a member of the evaluation team, usually the school psychologist, will reach out to the family to discuss the concerns and get more information about the nature of the child's development. This happens within a week or two of making initial contact with our team. If the evaluation team agrees to move forward with formal evaluation because of a suspected disability, the school psychologist would take a special education referral and consent for evaluation at a preschool planning meeting. The child will then be scheduled for an evaluation at our center by the play-based assessment team.
To make a referral, please call the preschool office at (614) 501-4051 to discuss your concerns.
Preschool Evaluation & Results
Families and children come into our center to participate in play-based assessment by the evaluation team. Depending on the developmental concerns this team would include the school psychologist, intervention specialist, speech-language pathologist, occupational therapist, and/or physical therapist. Evaluations take 45 minutes to an hour. Typically parents provide supplemental information regarding what their child does at home and in the community in addition to the formal evaluation. This might be in the form of parent interviews or formal rating scales.
After the evaluation families are invited to participate in a virtual meeting to discuss the results of the evaluation. All team members provide information that was gathered during the evaluation process in a formal document called the Evaluation Team Report or ETR. If the team agrees that the child is eligible for special education services as a preschool child with a disability the team will schedule another meeting to develop and discuss an Individualized Education Plan or IEP. Students who are eligible for special education services are identified under one of the disability categories identified in federal and state law.
Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
If a child is determined to have a disability by the evaluation team, an IEP is developed to provide services for the child that will meet their specific developmental needs. The IEP will outline the concerns for the child's development as well as the child's strengths and weaknesses. The team will develop measurable goals and objectives based on the child's baseline data from the evaluation. The team will discuss services such as therapeutic services and transportation services in the context of the child's developmental needs. Those services are written into the IEP and parents are provided progress reports every 12 weeks. The IEP meeting is a virtual meeting where the formal document is reviewed and changes are made to finalize the document.
Enrolling & Starting School on an IEP
Parents will go to the Welcome Center and complete an enrollment packet for their student. After the child is enrolled in Reynoldsburg City Schools and has an IEP start date, the family will be invited to come to school and meet the teacher. This will allow the family to see the classroom and meet the staff who will be working directly with their student. Parents will be given additional information at that time about transportation, parent pick-up/drop-off, supplies, and preschool calendar events. Students must be enrolled the District to attend preschool.